138 Mistakes In The Matrix You Didn't Notice

37. Magic Rolling Sleeve

Neo catches Morpheus after his jump and holds him firmly by the wrist. When Neo grabs Morpheus, he has his shirt in his grasp. But when the helicopter starts to ascend, the shirt is rolled down. I doubt Neo loosed his grip to allow it to fall naturally.

36: Safety Harness On Show

In fairness, this shot is so quick, it's not something you will notice when watching the film as normal unless you watch it in slow motion like I did. As Morpheus hangs onto Neo for dear life as they dangle 100ft in the air off the side of a helicopter, you can see the safety harness running up the stuntman's arm.

35. Shadow In Shot!

Again, you have to be quick to spot this and it is forgivable considering the camera is mounted on a helicopter. But you can clearly see the shadow of the camera reflecting in the helicopter windscreen.

34. Rooftop Landing Position

Morpheus and Neo are dropped on to the rooftop as the helicopter struggles to stay in the air. But the position Neo is dropped appears to magically shift back when he is being dragged.

33. No Shadows?

When you don't want shadows, we have them and when we need shadows, we don't have them. As the helicopter passes over Neo, for some reason there are no shadows cast by the blades, but in the next shot, there they are. It does seem a bit odd that post production didn't think to add them in.

32. Shatterproof Glass

Sticking with the helicopter, Trinity crashes the thing into the side of an office building. What follows is a huge fireball and flying glass that goes everywhere as all the building explodes. Trinity makes a quick escape and Neo pulls her to safety but the building that was exploding a second ago, looks pristine in the long shot.
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